Teen Violently Mugs Woman

a 30-year-old woman was punched in the face during a mugging sept. 6. she was sitting on a park bench across the street from the american museum of natural history on west 77th street at 9:40 p.m., when a 16-year-old male tried to steal her cell phone out of her hand. he punched her in the face, took the phone and fled.